# Smith & Nephew opens Global Business Services center in Costa Rica

Smith & Nephew opened a Global Business Services (GBS) operation in San Jose, Costa Rica, to provide specialized shared services. The company plans to add 150 new collaborators over two years with an investment of about $1.8 million.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-01-29
- Where: San Jose, Costa Rica, Costa Rica
- Value: $1.80M
- Jobs: 150
- Starts operating: 29 Jan 2018
- Status: completed
- Products: medical devices for sports medicine
- Sectors: [Medical Devices](https://endata.com/sectors/medical-devices.md)

## Companies

- [Smith & Nephew](https://endata.com/companies/19873.md)

## Sources

- [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cinde-announces-smith--nephew-innovates-with-the-opening-of-a-specialized-service-center-300589708.html), 2018-01-29: "The global medical device company, Smith & Nephew opened its GBS (Global Business Services) operation in Costa Rica today, to provide globally specialized shared services."
- [cinde.org](https://www.cinde.org/en/essential-news/smith-nephew-innovates-with-the-opening-of-a-specialized-service-center), 2018-01-29: "We are pleased to announce the establishment of the new Global Business Services operation of Smith & Nephew, a highly-qualified company in the sports medicine market."

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